Mendy joins Tigers

Friday 11 January 2008 00:07 BST

Hull City have confirmed the free transfer signing of French international Bernard Mendy on a three-year contract.

Former Bolton defender Mendy was strongly linked with the Barclays Premier League newcomers after leaving Paris St Germain as a free agent and had previously worked with Tigers coach Phil Brown during a season-long spell at the Reebok Stadium.

"The sporting project is ambitious and interesting," Mendy told L'Equipe shortly before the club announced the signing. "I'm happy to go back to England. And above all I'll be meeting up again with Phil Brown, who was the assistant coach at Bolton when PSG loaned me out there. That counted a lot."

He added: "The club are searching for other French footballers and have signed Geovanni from Manchester City."

Mendy, who played 23 times for Wanderers, has three full caps for Les Bleus.